There's something wrong with this picture. Pete Goss & Andy Hindley stand beside the broken port hull.

DARTMOUTH, UK — Amid all the high-tech engineering and structural analyses in discerning what caused the break-up of the 120-foot Team Philips off the Isles of Scilly during its sea trials, engineers are now depending on the power of the lowly ball peen hammer to confirm their hypotheses. Tap testing, the refined art of gently hitting the hull with such a hammer and listening for varying pitches to deduce structural status, is expected to be completed today on the radical boat which has a rig taller than ten double-decker busses yet weighs less than an elephant. Thus far the technique has revealed that the carbon fiber strips running the length of the hull are the problem because these did not bond properly with the core, as engineers expected.
Thermal photography, ultrasonics, and laser shearography have all been tried in order to evaluate the extent of the damage to the craft. However, due to the engineering complexity of this carbon-fiber leviathan, these methods have not been effective in isolating the defective areas. The repair team alluded to a new testing technique to begin next week that may offer more comprehensive results than those obtained thus far. Until then though, there is likely to be a bit more hull tapping and head scratching at the Team Philips build site. For more information see: www.teamphilips.com